Q and a with Issa Halloum (399 Words, 2 Min. Read)
1. How OLD We You when you did your first goaling and do you still have it?
Around the Age of Nine or Ten, I Started Feeling Drawn to Creating Shapes with a Pencil. I used to doodle and sket a lot, and i also have an interest in Arabic Calligraphy. Over Time, I Found Myelf Drawing Even More. I’m been into art Since I was Little, and EVENTULY, I BEGAN ADIDING Color to My Work. I don’t have my early skates anymore, but the passion was always there.
2. Other than the Obvioous Insation of the Bekaa Valley, What is your other Main Source of Inspiration?
Where I was young, I Lived in Rural, Natural Areas, and My Vision Was Deeply Influenced by the Surrounding Landscapes and Nature. The Bekaa Valley in Particular, Was One of the Key Elements that Inspired My Work from An Early Age, as my memory was shaped by the Many Natural Places I Experienceed Through Childhood.
3 & 4. Your color palette is definctive and is almost your Signature, can you Tell Us How Do You Pick Your Colors and How You COUNTAIN This Consngeance Through The Years? Also, We Recently Are Seeing A Minor Shift TOWARDS ABSTRACTION in your work, is this shipment real, intended or Experimental?
Nature is My Main Passion. Sometimes I Express IT Through Color, and Other Times, I am Drawn to the Small Deetils that Spark The Creative Process. That is what some of my pieses take on a Simplified, abstract form of leaning toward cubism
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What People Ask when I See Myelf in Five or Teen Years, I do not have a fixed Answell. I have never been driven by Destinations. What truly matters to me is the joy I Feel While Creating, The Quiet Fullfillmenth that comes with every brushstroke, each Choice of Color. If only the same. But Even if they do not, I have already received what i for: The Deep, Personal Joy of the Process Itelf. I follow the Flow of Creation, Not A Set Path. And when it takes me, that is where I am meant to be.
